There was a man who bought his fiancée a diamond ring, and showed it to his friend. His friend asked, “Is it a real diamond?’ He said, “If it isn’t, I’m out five bucks.”

Then there was the fellow who wanted to buy his sweetheart some perfume. He went to the counter of an exclusive store, and the saleswoman recommended a perfume called “Perhaps” that sold for $100 an ounce.

$100!” cried the young fellow. “For $100, I don’t want “Perhaps”, I want “For Sure!”

Behind the hint of humor is the suggestion that if you’re in love, you ought to do something extravagant.

Sometimes it looks like waste. Our extravagance just doesn’t make sense. Out of a burst of wanting to express the love we feel deep inside, we are tempted to lose all touch with reason – we do things that we would not normally do…